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LettersPatent lV'o. 73,564, dated January 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOUGE-GAUGE WHEELS.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, PHILO BECKWITH, of Dowagiac, in the county of Cass, and in the State of Michigan, have invented a. new and improved PloughGauge Wheel; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact desoription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, A represents a wheel, which is to be used forv supporting the forward end o a, plough-beam. This wheel is east with a socket or depression in one side at its y centre, and from the centre of this socket projects a short shaft or skein, B, said shaft or skein being east with and forming a part ofthe wheel. C represents a shank, which-is eastwith aslot in it nearits upper end, through which it is secured .and adjusted to the beard, and with a hub or box, D, upon its lower end. The hub on the lower end of the shank C is foruied so that the axle B will fit snugly in it. The hub D is held upon the axleB by means of a collar, E, and a. pin, e, which said pin passes into a. hole in the outer end ofv the axle.'

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new., and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is

1. The axle or skein B cast upon the wheel A, as and for the pu'pose set forth.

2. The shank C, `with a hub cast upon its lower end, and used n`lcomhnetion, with the wheelAand its axle B, substantially as herein set forth. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this fourth day of December, 1867.

P. D. BECKWITH.

Witnesses:

IDA Honmsrmz,v N. B. HoLLisTEn. 

